Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by PRIDE Seeds. Today's show features: David Coletto of Abacus Data, has an election polling update; Greg Henderson of Drovers, has an update on cattle processing and policy; Matt Chapple, agronomist with PRIDE Seeds has a product spotlight; and, Host Shaun Haney brings you... Read More
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Case IH is adding the Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) Connect Optum series 270 and 300 tractors to its line-up of all-purpose farming equipment. "The biggest change on this new tractor is the cab," says J.E. Cadle, mid-range tractor marketing manager at Case IH. The redesigned cab is much larger than previous models, with all new... Read More
It’s time to talk soil health, nutrient management, and more on Day 5 of Ontario Diagnostic Days! The annual Ontario field crop diagnostic days held at Ridgetown, Elora, and Winchester are again virtual in 2021. Cover crops, soil compaction, topsoil sampling and soybean fertility are the focus of this episode. We’ll kick it off with... Read More
Farmers and agronomists across Ontario are struggling with a few pest and agronomic challenges right now. From decreased corn stalk integrity, to western bean cutworm, and on to lodged or early death in beans, a relatively good year is still throwing some curve balls. For this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined... Read More
Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear from: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson brings us an update for Ontario; Robert Mullen brings us a Nutrien eKonomics product spotlight; Ken Currah, agronomist with BASF, has all the do's and don'ts for soybean burn-down; and Keith Gabert, agronomist with Canola Council... Read More
It's time for a brand new show...which means time for a brand new introduction! On RealAg Politics we are going to really hone in on the political scene, ag policy, bring it all together, and connect the dots for you. There seems like no better time to launch the first episode, after the big political... Read More
Thanks for tuning into RealAg Radio! Today's show features an interview on the latest WASDE report, with Matthew Pot, of Grain Perspectives. We've also got a RealAg issues panel with Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner. They'll be talking about the agriculture leaders debate as well as the party leaders debate in English, and mCOOL possibly... Read More
How does strip tillage impact a corn plant's ability to access and take up nutrients? On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Ben Rosser, corn lead at Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, looks at fertility research plots that compare how corn performs in both conventional tillage and spring strip tillage systems. In... Read More
New Holland's redesigned Speedrower PLUS Series windrower models were launched recently, boasting more productivity, geared for the commercial hay operation or livestock producers putting up a lot of hay. Jordan Milewski says that first off, the new models were designed for more acres per hour. "This machine can offer producers an in-field speed of up... Read More
The title of livestock sustainability specialist could infer that there's a finite amount of time that the role is relevant. After all, shouldn't we, at some point, reach being sustainable, and move on? The trouble is, there isn't a universally agreed upon measurement of sustainability. As Christoph Wand, livestock sustainability specialist for Ontario Ministry of... Read More